Transcoder Monitoring

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Description

TRANSCODER MONITORING
Ericsson introduced a new parameter in R10 via a set of corrections
called TRADROPLEVEL (Threshold for high rate for dropped calls). In R11 this
parameter was systemized, and become a standard functionality for R11
systems.
Added Functionality:

1) Option to define if faulty device should be removed from the pool. If

TRADROPLEVE < 100 only an alarm is raised, if TRADROPLEVE > 100
the device is removed from the pool. See Appendix 1 for description of this
parameter.
2) Possibility to monitor Call Drop Rate and Mean Holding Time per device
(command RRMAP).

3) Description of the devices with failures in RXMLP command.

Note: This is a non standard functionality, implemented for the Rogers network
in order to enhance failures monitoring.

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Commands

LIST OF COMMANDS USED FOR THE MONITORING

Following is a list of the used commands to monitor Transcoder
problems.

1. Operation and Maintenance people are supposed to start the

monitoring using the ALLIP command. (ALLIP;)
For Transcoder failures there are the following alarms that could be
expected:

Congestion

A1/APT "CALBSC0_H000000" 698 050316

0806

RADIO TRANSMISSION TRANSCODER POOL IDLE LEVEL SUPERVISION

TRAPOOL
AMRFR

Pool of Transcoders with Failure

A1/APT "CALBSC0_H000000" 740 050316

1502

RADIO TRANSMISSION TRANSCODER POOL MEAN HOLD TIME SUPERVISION

TRAPOOL
AMRFR

NOTRA
8

- Transcoder Device with Failure

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A2/APT "CALBSC0_H000000" 684 050316

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0653

RADIO TRANSMISSION TRANSCODER AND RATE ADAPTOR FAULT

SNT

CARD

DEV

REASON

RTTAF1S-28

TRAB

RTTAF1D-917

TRA CHANNEL FAULT

2. Second command to analyse is RRMAP.

(RRMAPrmap:trapool=amrfr,detailed)
This command will provide information of the devices with failure, the call drop
percentage and the MHT.
RADIO TRANSMISSION TRANSCODER POOL MEAN HOLD TIME SUPERVISION ALARM
DATA
TRAPOOL
AMRFR
DEV
RTTAF1D-109
RTTAF1D-110
RTTAF1D-111
RTTAF1D-112
RTTAF1D-101
RTTAF1D-754
RTTAF1D-963

MHT
11
15
19
12
36
36
31

DROPRATE
87
75
50
62
42
40
41

3. The next usefull command is the RXMLP. (RXMLP:NONMO;)

This command will be able to provide us with information regarding call
drops per TRA device per day and time.
RADIO X-CEIVER ADMINISTRATION
MAINTENANCE LOG DATA
DATE
050318
050318
050318
050317

TIME
MO
074104
065334
043923
231940

FUNCID
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL

EV
00
00
00
00

USERDATA
006F 0004
0152 0004
006A 0004
802A 0002

0008
0010
0008
0020

0007
0003
0007
0000

027D
0284
016E
0255

2105
2105
2105
2105

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050317
050317
050317
050317
050317
050317
050317
050317

230239
230225
230218
230210
230152
230138
230132
230120

CONREL
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL
CONREL

00
00
00
00
00
00
00
00

007B
0013
00DF
005A
0120
003E
00E6
0015

0004
0004
0004
0004
0004
0004
0004
0004

0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000
0000

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0028
0028
0028
0028
0028
0028
0028
0028

02F2
02F2
02F2
02F2
02F2
02F2
02F2
02F2

2105
2105
2105
2105
2105
2105
2105
2105

NOTE: for description on how to decode this printout information please see
Appendix 2 at the end of this document.

4. For congestion we also can monitor the available number of devices

in use and idle. (RRTPP:TRAPOOL=all;)
RADIO TRANSMISSION TRANSCODER POOL DETAILS
TRAPOOL
AMRFR

CHRATE
FR

SPV
3

RNOTRA
768

SUBPOOL
0
TRAPOOL
EFR

CHRATE
FR

SUBPOOL
1
END

SPV
2

RNOTRA
2304

POOLACT
768

POOLIDLE
134

POOLTRAF
634

SUBACT
768

SUBIDLE
134

SUBTRAF
634

POOLACT
2304

POOLIDLE
2150

POOLTRAF
154

SUBACT
2304

SUBIDLE
2150

SUBTRAF
154

Comments
The usefulness of presented monitoring is higher for Operation and
Maintenance people and support people.
From the RF point of view the Transcoder failures impact on the TCH drop with
reason Other. So the importance of this monitoring will be on generating
statistics on the number of TRA devices with failure and if a sudden increase on
TCH drop because Other occurs correlate it with those TRA statistics.

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The main source of this TRA Statistics in my opinion must come from the
RRMAP command and from the RXMLP in case more detailed information such
as the date and time of the failures are required.

APENDIX 1
TRADROPLEVEL
Threshold for high rate for dropped calls. This parameter enables the operator
to use or remove automatically from traffic the transcoder devices with a high
rate of dropped calls. If the rate is higher than or equal to the specified
threshold value, an alarm is raised. If the alarm is issued, the transcoder
devices can either still be used for traffic or automatically removed from traffic.
The check is performed every 5 minutes. The property value, when it is greater
than 0, is given in percent.
Property type: Optional
0 No alarm is raised, independently on the percentage of the dropped calls rate.
Transcoder devices with high drop rate are used for the traffic. 10-60 Alarm is
issued when 10 - 60 percent of the calls are dropped. Transcoder devices with
high drop rate are still used for traffic.
110-160 Alarm is issued when 10 - 60 percent of the calls are dropped.
Transcoder devices with high drop rate are automatically removed from traffic.
Default value: 0
This parameter is owned by the block RTTPH.

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APENDIX 2

The only useful column on this printout is the one highlighted below. That one
tell us the device number with failure.
Each raw represents a TRA device failure that include the date and time when
the failure occurred.
DATE TIME MO
FUNCID EV USERDATA
050315120520CONREL00005D00040000002801882105
050315120518CONREL0000A700040000002801892105
050315120507CONREL00001A00040000002801882105
050315120505CONREL0000FE00040000002801892105
050315120500CONREL00019200040000002801882105
050315120453CONREL0001CD000400000028018B2105
050315120448CONREL0000C400040000002801882105
TodecodetheDevicenumberwehavetoconvertthecolumnvaluefrom
istHexadecimalvaluetoadecimalone:
Example:0188hex=392seedevicein2.RRMAP.
0189hex=393